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Dialects: Regional Varieties of English Dialects Regional Varieties of English Language Varieties Dialect Accent Idiolect Pidgin Creole Jargon 2 What is a dialect? 1. A regional variety of language: a regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 2. A language spoken by class or profession: a form of a language spoken by members of a particular social class or profession What dialect of English do you speak? 3 1 Dialects: Regional Varieties of English Different kinds of dialects "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy." Non-standard dialect Virginia Piedmont dialect An upper-class dialect 4 What is an accent? A manner of pronunciation: a way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker Do you have an accent? 5 Different kinds of accents A Texas accent A British accent The customers will love your Italian accent. He greeted them in a Chicago accent. 6 2 Dialects: Regional Varieties of English How many dialects are there in the US? Social scientists estimate the number of US dialects range from a basic three - New England, Southern and Western/General America - to 24 or more. Some researchers go so far as to suggest it's actually impossible to count the number of dialects in the United States because under a loose definition of the term, thousands of cities, towns and groups have their own varieties or dialects. 7 8 9 3 Dialects: Regional Varieties of English Dialect features Northern – New England – Boston, New York City – Inland Northern – Upper Midwestern Western – Alaska – Pacific Southwest –Southwestern Hawai‘i 10 Dialect features General Southern –South Midland –Southern –Tangier –Gullah –Louisiana Cajun English 11 Dialect Myths and Reality MYTH: A dialect is something that SOMEONE ELSE speaks. REALITY: Everyone who speaks a language speaks some dialect of the language; it is not possible to speak a language without speaking a dialect of the language. 12 4
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